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NEWS OF THE WEEK
SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS: 6
Two new entries on the periodic
table confirm "island of stability." POLLUTERS CONVICTED: 7
Multiple violations of several
environmental laws result in jail
terms for chlor-alkali executives. BUCKY LIGHTBULB: 7
C60 adduct fabricated into single-
layer white-light-emitting diode. PURLOINED SEED GENES: 8
Monsanto unit, DeKalb Genetics,
found guilty of patent infringement. POLYESTER CUTBACKS: 8
Moving to contain losses, DuPont
announces $90 million worth of cost
savings, including cutting 1,400 jobs. CONTAMINATED FOOD: 9
Small amount of dioxin-tainted oil
mixed in 1.4 million kg of animal
feed is big headache for Belgium. SECRET MESSAGES: 9
DNA microdot cryptograms boast
hard-to-crack code. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 10
SUPERCRITICAL CO2: 11
Use of CO2 as a "green" industrial
solvent is becoming more than a
novelty. ECOTAX REVIVAL: 14
European countries are setting up
their own levies, and chemical industry will have to pay up. GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 15
COVER STORY NEAL LANE: 16
President's science adviser talks about
doing his job in the current political
climate, addresses R&D budget. U.S.-EU CONFLICT: 21
Clashes over climate change, biotech
crops, beef hormones lead to difficult
negotiations and trade wars. CHEMICAL HINDSIGHTS: 27
Military bombing of chemical plants
may pose more danger than is
acceptable. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 30
FUEL CELLS FOR SALE: 31
No longer exotic curiosities, clean-
energy devices race toward use in
vehicles and portable power sources. SPECIAL REPORT
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING: 38
Libraries, publishers, and authors
continue to hash out access and copyright issues for online journals. ACS NEWS
ORGANIC LETTERS: 44
ACS's newest peer-reviewed
research journal makes its debut. CHEMICAL EXHIBIT OPENS: 45
Philadelphia Section celebrates
new exhibit. THE DEPARTMENTS
4 LETTERS
5 EDITOR'S PAGE
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